Makale Arama

 Meckel’s diverticulum is the most frequently seen congenital anomaly of the gastrointestinal tract. Most of the cases are asymptomatic. Generally they are found randomly during surgical procedures and autopsies. They can be seen following fulminant abdominal pain and subsequently life-threatening complications. A Meckel’s diverticulum with complications is generally diagnosed following diagnostic laparotomy procedures. In our study, we present the case of a gangrened Meckel’s diverticulum case twisted and attached to the fibrotic band, which is reported to be a rare complication in literature. The patient was taken into surgery with the pre-diagnosis of acute appendicitis and the procedure was completed laparoscopically.

 Primary Epiploic Appendagitis is a self-limited condition without need any surgery. It can be conservatively treated after diagnosis with Computerized Tomography. We discuss a healthy 36-year-old man who admitted to our emergency clinic with sudden onset abdominal pain.

Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the demographic characteristics, emergency care needs and prognosis of patients aged 65 years and older who presented to our Emergency Medicine Clinic with abdominal pain for a period of one year.

Patients and Methods: In this single-center, retrospective, observational study included patients aged 65 years and older who presented to the emergency department with abdominal pain between June 15, 2015 and June 14, 2016. The related variables were recorded from the patients' electronic and written files. The general patient population and the differences of variables in the 65-74 age group, 75-84 age group and ≥85 age group were investigated.

Results: A total of 1330 patients were included in the study. The mean age of the patients was 75.2 ± 7.2 years and 582 (43.8%) were male. While 58.8% of the patients were discharged from the emergency department, the most common hospitalization wards were General Surgery (14.1%) and Gastroenterology (11.4%). The ICU admission rate increased with age (p<0.001; 3.3% - 5.8% - 11.6%). The mean length of stay in hospital was 5.9 ± 7.1 days and the in-hospital mortality rate was 3.4%. While 50.1% of the patients in the 65-74 age group were discharged from the emergency department without consultation, this rate decreased to 36.6% in the ≥85 age group and the difference was statistically significant (p<0.001). Abdominal ultrasound was performed in 34.1%, abdominal tomography in 20.0% and both of them in 7.5% of the patients.

Conclusion: The patients aged 85 years and older with abdominal pain are more likely to be characterized by more examination needs, more consultation needs, more hospitalization rates and higher mortality rates. Taking these differences into consideration during the management of the elderly patients with abdominal pain in emergency department will help to reduce morbidity and mortality rates while improving patient care quality.

  Brusellosis is a zoonotic disease which is transmitted with nonpasteurized milk and milk products. Mostly effects the gastrointestinal system and less the genitourinary system. Most common genitourinary complication of brucellosis is epididymo-orchitis.

 Here we present a case which presented with right lower quadrant pain in which physical examination lead us to the preliminary diagnosis of appendicitis after laboratuary results, cilinical findings and deepining the history the patient was diagnosed with unilateral epididimoorchit and here presented with clinical laboratuary findings. Brusellosis which is endemic in our country, should be kept in mind especially when accompanied with acute abdomen eventhoug imaging prosedures do not confirm the diagnosis. 

 Many of the colorectal cancers originales from polips.We wanted to discuss a case accompanied with literature who has a complicated giant rectal polip which presented with an unusual clinic and confusion in diagnosis. 36 years old male patient.He has cramp like stomache and changing in volonic habits for about a year.During colonoscopy a malign mass in caecum and a giant villous adenoma in rectum is identified.The mass in caecum is excised via laparoscopic surgery.The mass in rectum received polipectomy via local excision.Altough a cancer has seen in the polip the surgery is considered opprepriote because of the surgical frontier and acceptable histologic properties. Colorectal polips are lesions which has the risk to turn into cancers thus, detoiled histopatologic examination and gently decission of surgery is needed.

Erector spinae plane block (ESPB), one of the popular regional anesthesia techniques in recent years, has first been used for upper thoracic neuropathic pain. Later, it has been used in many different indications for both acute and chronic pain treatment at different lower thoracic and lumbar levels. Our limited experience demonstrates that bilevel bilateral sacral ESPB is an easy and effective method in the treatment of perianal chronic intermittent pain. However, many issues, such as the application site, the volume of local anesthetics and the sensory blockade, still remain being investigated. Due to the lack of clinical research, our review is currently unable to support the evidence and routine use of sacral ESPB. We consider that anatomical radiological and  clinical studies are needed to elucidate the efficacy and mechanism of action of sacral ESPB

ABSTRACT

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of kinesiological banding on symptoms in carpal tunnel syndrome associated with pregnancy.

Materials and Methods: Patients who were admitted to the Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Clinic due to carpal tunnel syndrome and who were diagnosed with carpal tunnel syndrome by electromyography and who were able to reach the visuel analog score, Short Form-36, Boston Carpal Tunnel Questionnaire and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index values were included in the study.

Results: In both groups, there was a significantly difference between the first visuel analog score day-night and the last visuel analog score day-night and first and last Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (p<0,05). While there was a significantly improvement in the Boston Symptom Severity Scale, there was no significantly difference in Boston Functional Capacity Scale. In the comparison between the groups, visuel analog score day, Short Form-36 pain parameter and decrease in Boston Symptom Severity Scale were found statistically significant.

Conclusions: In our study, although the superiority of kinesiological banding on hand-wrist rest splint could not be clearly shown, decreased pain and symptoms and an increase in sleep quality were observed.The kinesiological banding should be in mind in patients who have no response to resting splint because of low treatment options during pregnancy.

A rare cause of acute abdomen; appendiceal neuroma. Case report

ABSTRACT

    Acute abdomen refers to nontraumatic pathologies of abdominal origin which are characterized by sudden-onset abdominal pain. In most cases the cause of pain is a pathological condition requiring urgent surgical intervention. Acute appendicitis is the most common indication for surgical intervention in patients presenting to emergency department with acute abdomen. Obstruction of appendiceal lumen has been widely accepted as the precipitating factor in the pathophysiology of acute appendicitis. It usually develops as a result of food or feces particles entering into and obstructing appendiceal lumen, leading to inflammation and swelling of regional lymph nodes. Luminal obstruction results in overproduction of bacteria, excessive mucus secretion, and increased intraluminal pressure. Some studies in recent years have suggested a neural component in the pathophysiology of this condition. Such cases may present with various diagnoses such as obliterated appendix, fibrous obliteration, appendiceal neuroma, and neurogenic appendicitis. In this paper we present a case operated with the initial diagnosis of appendicitis and histopathologically diagnosed with appendiceal neuroma, a rare cause of acute abdomen.

 Moyamoya disease is an entity, which is caused by obstruction or stenosis in the area between the internal carotid artery, and anterior and middle cerebral arteries, identified angiographically, and does not have an exactly known etiology. The most frequent symptoms of onset are hemorrhage in adults and ischemia in children. In this paper, we present a case of Moyamoya disease which was diagnosed with a 21 year old male patient who was admitted to our emergency department with headache, nausea vomiting and left hemiparasi complaints and whose radiological findings showed right basal ganglia hemorrhage.

Aim: Morphine is one of the most preferred opioids in treatment of chronic pain. Recurrent use can
cause addiction. There is no consensus on cardiovascular system treatment/side effects of opioids. In
order to investigate effects of opioid addiction on heart, myocardial contractility/histological changes were
investigated in rats via experimental morphine addiction/withdr awal.
Materials and Methods: 32 adult male Wistar albino rats used for study, which was officially completed
on 28-05-2021, were divided into Control(C), Morphine(M), Morphine+Naloxone(MN) groups randomly. In
GroupC 10mg/kg 0.9% NaCl solution, in GroupM-MN 10mg/kg morphine were administered subcutaneously
for 7 days. After the last administration of morphine, 3mg/kg NaCl was given to GroupC-M, 3mg/kg naloxone
was given to GroupMN intraperitoneally. Signs of morphine withdrawal were observed for 30 minutes
and scored. 3-4mm strips of atria were hung in isolated organ bath chambers. Tension was adjusted to
2g. Adrenaline-induced contractions (0.001M) were observed. Changes in tension were recorded. SAS
University Edition 9.4 program was used for statistical analysi s.
Results: Morphine withdrawal behaviours were observed in GroupMN. There was no statistically
significant difference between atrial contractility tension values of GroupC-M-MN(p>0.05). Pre-adrenaline
tension values were higher in GroupM-MN than in GroupC. But the greatest contraction increase between
15minutes before/after adrenaline-induced data was in GroupC.
Conclusion: Morphine addiction/withdrawal didn’t cause inotropic/chronotropic changes. No histological
differences were observed in mast cells. These results may constitute a positive resource for the heart for
systems analysis in morphine addicts.

\r\n Tubal torsion is a very rare case, especially in pregnancy. We present a case of a patient of 24 weeks gestation that was admitted to our clinic with acute abdomen. Radiological and biochemical investigations did not reveal the cause of abdominal pain which resulted in laparatomic exploration. During the operation, the Morgagni cyst, previously explored by ultrasonographic examination, and the right fallopian tube were found twisted among themselves. Cystectomy and detorsion was performed of the Morgagni cyst and the fallopian tube, respectively.  

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Introduction and Objective

Brucellosis is a zoonotic infection seen as an endemic in Turkey and is a public health problem at the same time. The objective of this study was to evaluate demographic/epidemiologic, clinic, laboratory features, complications and treatments in brucellosis patients followed-up in our clinic.

Material & Methods

In this study, features of patients followed-up between 01/01/2010 and 31/12/2018 in our clinic were retrospectively evaluated. Descriptive data were expressed as number and percentage. Categorical variables were analyzed with Chi-square test and numerical variables with Student’s t test.

Results

Of the total of 365 brucellosis patients, 159 (43.56%) were female and 206 (56.44%) were male. The mean age of the patients was 45.9±14.51 (18-82) years. The most common time of presentation was summer season with 137 (37.5%) patients. The most common transmission route of the disease was a history of animal husbandry with 252 (69%) patients. Of all cases 168 (46%) were acute, 96 (26.3%) were subacute, and 101 (27.7%) were chronic brucellosis. The most common complaint of the patients was fatigue in 302 (82.7%) patients with being higher in acute brucellosis (p=0.0015). Anemia was found in 53 (33.3%) male and 114 (55.3%) female patients with being significantly higher in female patients (p=0.0283). Leukopenia was found in 7.9%, leukocytosis in 16.2%, thrombocytopenia in 9.6%, neutropenia in 4.1%, neutrophilia in 9% and lymphomonocytosis in 12% of the patients. Wright agglutination test was performed in 26 (7.1%) and brucella immunocapture agglutination test in 361 (98.9%) patients and all results were positive. Of all patients, 172 (47.1%) developed complications with spondylodiscitis being the most commonly found in 58 (15.9%) patients. Sixty-one (31.8%) of patients developed relapse.

Conclusion: Since brucellosis is endemic in our country, it should be considered in presumed diagnosis of patients presenting with complaints such as fatigue, articular pain and fever.

The disease was first described by Scheuermann as the dorsal kyphosis of juveniles in 1920. Scheuermann's disease is the most common cause of thoracic hyperkyphosis in adolescence. There are two sub-types: thoracic and thoracolumbar / lumbar. Histologically, when the irregularities in the vertebral end plates are examined, collagen fibrils are seen to decrease or vanish. As a result, end-plate continuity deteriorates and Schmorl nodules appear when the disc material protrudes into the corpus. Deformations cause wedging in the vertebral corpus, resulting in narrow angled kyphotic deformity. In the large series, the prevalence is up to 8%, and the genetic transition and mechanical stress come into prominence in the epidemiology of the disease. Pain can be accompanied by deformity in symptomatic state. Classical radiological features include irregular vertebral endplates and kyphosis more than 45 degrees with 5 degrees of wedging in 3 or more vertebrae. In some cases, minimal scoliosis may accompany to kyphosis. Periodic radiologic follow-up is recommended for patients below 50 degrees of kyphosis. Bracing is appropriate in uncompleted skeletal maturation with kyphosis up to 75 degrees. In cases above 75 degrees, it is appropriate to perform surgical treatment when bracing is unsuccessful in adolescence and presence of exceeding pain despite the conventional methods and obvious deformity in adults. 

Aim: It was aimed to compare with healthy volunteers the changes in heat shock protein (HSP) 90 alpha and vitamin levels during exacerbation and remission periods in our patients with familial Mediterranean fever (FMF), to research whether these molecules will benefit in control of FMF exacerbation and prevention of amyloid accumulation, and also to investigate the relationship of these molecules with FMF gene mutations.

Patients and Methods: HSP 90 alpha, vitamin A, vitamin B 12, vitamin D, vitamin E and folic acid levels were studied in 30 patients with AAA diagnosed in our hospital's pediatric nephrology department during the exacerbation and remission periods and 30 healthy volunteers. The results were compared statistically.

Results: In our series, 19 (63.3%) of the patients were male, 11 (36.7%) were female, with a mean age of 11 years. The most common presenting complaint was abdominal pain (n=19; 63.3%) after fever and only high fever was found to be present in five (16.7%) patients. The most common genetic mutation was M694V (n=14; 46.7%), whereas no mutation was detected in five (16.7%) patients. Although HSP 90 alpha was the highest in the exacerbation group and the lowest in the remission group, there was no significant difference between the groups. Vitamin B12 was significantly different between the groups and the highest value was in the control group. Vitamin D was significantly different between the exacerbation and the remission groups and the highest value was in the exacerbation group. In addition, vitamin D levels were significantly higher in boys. There was no significant difference between vitamin A, vitamin E and folic acid levels. FMF gene mutations did not affect HSP 90 alpha and vitamin levels.

Conclusion: Our findings showed that serum HSP 90 alpha, vitamin D, vitamin E and folic acid levels were normal in AAA, but vitamin B12 and vitamin A levels were low during exacerbation and remission. However, we think that prospective studies including larger series should be performed about the subject.

Chronic mesenteric ischemia is a rare disease caused by intestinal perfusion disorder. Increased abdominal pain after meals, loss of appetite, weight loss, such as the symptoms of the course. The patient was presented with intestinal ischemia, arterial dorsalis pedis obstruction, celiac artery and superior mesenteric artery involvement. The coexistence of all these lesions in a 35-year-old female patient was interesting because of its rarity. In this study, we wanted to share the surgical treatment of a young patient who was not suitable for endovascular treatment and underwent saphenous vein and aorta-hepatic bypass due to multiple lesions.

Endometriosis is theplacement of theendometrialtissue in anotherpart of the body. Most commonly involved in peritoneum, ovaries, douglas and rectovaginal septum. It can be placed in many parts of the body. Our case was evaluated at 26 years of age after failed perianal abscess and fistula surgery. The patient has pain, swelling and discharge in the perianal region. The stiffness in the perianal region was seen during surgery. The stiffness was totally excised. Histopathological examination revealed endometriosis. It should be kept in mind that endometriosis may occur in different regions from the usual localization.

Today health related quality of life with its ever increasing importance has become an inherent part of treatment and follow up in all departments of medicine including diagnosis and treatment. In neuro-intensive care unit, the severest patients with the most intensive diagnosis and treatment period are followed up. Neurologic disorders with neurointensive care requirement include so many parameters potentially affecting the quality of life in acute and severe stages besides in chronic term. Apart from the effects of these diseases on life quality, there are many other important parameters related to quality of life. It is possible to list chief parameters as malnutrition in intensive care unit, agitation, pain, disruption of skin integrity, musculoskeletal system involvement, cardiovascular and autonomous involvement, side effect of drugs and multidrug interactions. In this review, the relationship between nutrition and health related quality of life in neurointensive care unit will be reviewed.

HaNDL syndrome is a rare syndrome mimicking migraine and stroke with lymphocytosis in the CSF, migraine-like moderate or severe headaches and transient neurological deficit. In this article, we present a 26-year-old male patient with headache, transient neurological deficit and CSF lymphocytosis who was diagnosed as HaNDL Syndrome.

Aim: The aim of this study was to primarily investigate the effects of selected anesthesia method on anxiety, patient satisfaction and pain level in elective caesarean section, and secondarily obtain information about quality of service.

Materials and Methods: The study was carried out as a prospective questionnaire in the Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation the Meram Medical Faculty Hospital of Necmettin Erbakan University between June 2017 and August 2017, on 160 volunteers aged between 18 and 45 years for whom elective cesarean section under General Anesthesia (GA) or Spinal Anesthesia (SA) was planned. Demographic data of the patients such as age, place of residence, education level, number of children, and cesarean experiences were recorded. In the preoperative and postoperative period, anxiety levels were measured by State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI-D), pain levels were measured by Visual Analog Scale (VAS) scores and satisfaction levels were evaluated at postoperative 6th and 24th hours by (Quality of Recovery: QoR 40 T) questionnaire.

Results: There was no statistically significant difference between the patients' preoperative and postoperative anxiety scores and demographic data (p> 0.05). Patients with previous cesarean experience had lower preoperative anxiety levels (p <0.05). The STAI-D scores and the numbers of patients with anxiety in the GA and SA groups were similar (p> 0.05).Postoperative anxiety levels were significantly lower in both groups than in the preoperative period (p <0.05). VAS values of the SA group at the 6th and 24th hours were significantly higher than the group treated with GA.(p<0.05). The 24th hour VAS values of the SA group were higher than the VAS values at the 6th hour (p <0.05). In the GA group, VAS values at 24th hour were lower than the VAS values at 6th hour (p <0.05). The satisfaction levels of general anesthesia and spinal anesthesia were similar in the postoperative period (p> 0.05). Complaint of headache was high in SA group while complaint of sore throat was high in GA group(p<0.05). While there was no correlation between anxiety level, VAS values and satisfaction level (p> 0.05), there was a negative correlation between VAS values and pain parameters, which are the subgroup of satisfaction questionnaire, in both groups (p <0.05).

Conclusion: It is concluded that the preferred anesthesia method in elective cesarean section has no effect on anxiety and satisfaction, and the patient satisfaction level and service quality will be improved by providing effective analgesia by reviewing our postoperative pain algorithm.

Bezoars are concretions in the gastrointestinal tract that increase in size by continuous accumulation of non-absorbable food or fibers. Most bezoars in children are trichobezoars from swallowed hair from the dolls or brushers. Trichobezoars typically cause abdominal pain and nausia, but can also present as an asymptomatic abdominal mass, progressing to intestinal obstruction and perforation. It is predominantly found in emotionally disturbed or mentally retarded youngers. We report a case of an unusual giant trichobezoar in 8-year-old girl. It was not extracted endoscopically, because it was huge and passed into the duodenum. Attempts at dissolving the bezoar with enzymes (papain) or meat tenderizers have not been efficacious. The abdomen was explored through a supraumblical median incision, an approximately 15X3 cm trichobezoar in diameter was identified in 50 cm distance from ileocecal segment, and was removed. In addition, ischemic and rupture 10 cm jejunal segment was repaired. These two rupture segments were repaired using Heineke Mikulicz procedure.

 Fourty one years old female and 64 years old man were admitted to our clinic  because of abdominal pain. In investigating the liver was reported with a giant hemangioma. It was symptomatic and look like malignancy for each cases so they were operated. In operation it was not a liver mass , one of them observed right giant adrenal adenoma and the second one is renal cell carsinoma.  Resection was performed for each cases. Adrenal mass could be noted that mixed hemangiomas.

Aim: Autologous bone harvesting is the gold standard for grafting in a variety of orthopaedic procedures.
The aims of this study were to introduce an alternative technique of K-wire guided, multidirectional
percutaneous bone graft harvesting with Jamshidi from the anterior iliac crest, and to put forward the early
comparative clinical results of this technique.
Patients and Methods: 38 patients, who underwent a variety of hand surgeries in which bone grafting was
required between January and November 2013, were included in this retrospective, comparative study.
The included diagnoses of the patients were; non-unions of hand and wrist bone fractures, and benign
bone tumors. The prospectively collected data of patients were retrospectively evaluated in two groups.
Iliac crest autograft harvesting were performed with a standardized open technique, and with a novel
percutaneous technique -which will be described in the subsequent section- in group I, and II, respectively.
The mean age of the patients was 29.6 +/- 6.4, and 28.6 +/- 8.2 in group I, and II, respectively. The patients’
postoperative pain related with the perception of the pain and surgical scar, were evaluated according to the
graded Visual Analogue Scale; at postoperative 6th months. Statistically , Mann-Whitney U test was used.
Results: There were no major postoperative complications in the percutaneous group. Regarding pain,
mid-term at postoperative 6th months, VAS scores were found to be lower in group II than in group I,
significantly (p< 0.05).
Conclusion: The novel K-wire guided bone graft harvesting with Jamshidi from the iliac crest is a safe and
patient-friendly method in terms of postoperative pain reduction. This technique is useful in small joint and
bone surgeries, requiring bone grafting. The results of this study should be further supported with higher
level of evidence studies.

Epidermoid cyst refers to the implantation of epidermal elements into the dermal and deeper tissues. In head and neck, incidence ranges from 1.6 to 7%. In the tonsillar area it is extremely rare i.e less than 0.01%. They occur in fetal period  as congenital lesion or as an acquired lesion  either due to a trauma or  as post surgery implant. In this case report, we will discuss the epidermoid cyst, in a 46-year-old male who presented with history of pain in the throat with previous history of bilateral tonsillectomy. 

Aim: Mesenchymal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract other than gastrointestinal stromal tumors are rare and most of them are benign. The aim of this study to reveal the clinical and pathological features of non-gastrointestinal stromal tumor mesenchymal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract.

Materials and Methods: All gastrointestinal endoscopic and surgical resection materials, between 2008-2018, were retrospectively reviewed. Cases diagnosed with mesenchymal tumor other than gastrointestinal stromal tumors were included.

Results: Twenty four lipomas, 14 inflammatory fibroid polyps, six leiomyomas, four lymphangiomas, four hemangiomas, four schwannomas, two neuromas, two malignant melanomas, one leiomyosarcoma, one granular cell tumor and one Kaposi sarcoma were detected. The median ages of the cases were 61 years (29-87), the median tumor size was 1.5 cm (0.2-14). Thirty seven (58.7%) cases were female and 26 (41.3%) were male. They caused nonspecific symptoms. No recurrence or metastasis was detected after excision in benign tumors regardless of the pathological diagnosis.

Conclusion: Non-gastrointestinal stromal tumor mesenchymal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract are mostly small and benign tumors that can be seen at any age and are frequently seen in women. The most common ones are lipomas and inflammatory fibroid polyps. Most gastric tumors cause dyspeptic complaints and intestinal tumors cause abdominal pain, nausea or vomiting, as well as some of the intestinal tumors lead to serious, even fatal clinical situations such as acute and chronic bleeding, obstruction, perforation, volvulus or intussusception. For benign tumors’ treatment, excision is sufficient, they do not exhibit recurrence or metastasis.

Purpose: It was aimed to present the clinical and functional results of the patients who underwent tumor resection and endoprosthetic reconstruction due to malignant tumor around the elbow.

Methods: 14 patients who underwent tumor resection and endoprosthetic reconstruction due to malignant tumor in the elbow circumference between 2011-2018 in our clinic were included in the study. While 4 of the patients were primary tumors (1 fibromixoid sarcoma, 1 leimyosarcoma, 1 multiple myeloma and 1 ewing sarcoma), 10 were distant organ metastases (4 breast cancer, 3 lung cancer, 1 stomach cancer, 1 renal cell cancer and 1 thyroid cancer). Musculoskeletal Tumour Society (MSTS) score and Mayo elbow performance score (MEPS) and survival were evaluated.

Results: The minimum follow-up period of the patients was 7 months, and the maximum follow-up period was 55 months. The mean MEPS score of the patients was 67.5 ± 12.0 (range, 45-90), and the mean of the MSTS score was 19.4 ± 2.3 (range, 16-24). Recurrence occurred at follow-up in 3 patients and exitus at follow-up in 7 patients. In this study, the median survival time of the patients was 44 months. The 1-year survival rate was 70.1% while the 3-year survival rate was 54.5%.

Conclusion: Pain and functional results are satisfactory in patients who undergo tumor resection and endoprosthetic reconstruction due to malignant tumor around the elbow. In the future, studies with larger patient series are needed.

Objective: ıt was aimed to retrospectively evaluate the sociodemographic characteristics, anxiety and depression levels of adolescent mothers who were referred for marriage leave. Material and methods: 65 adolescent cases who became mother when they applied to the outpatient clinic for marriage permission between 2018-2020. Hospital records, sociodemographic data and edited forensic reports including psychiatric evaluations of the cases were reviewed retrospectively. In order to determine their depression and anxiety levels during the evaluation period, they were asked to fill in the anxiety and depression scale-revised self-report scale and kent e-g-y and porteus labyrinths intelligence tests applied by the psychologist were applied to evaluate the cognitive development.

Results: The mean age of the subjects included in the study was 16.33±0.307 years. It was determined that the mean age at which they were married unofficially was 15.44±0.499 years. It was observed that the average education period was 5.08±1.461 years. Before the unofficial marriage, 70.8% of the cases lived in the village and 29.2% in the city, after the marriage, 53.8% of the cases lived in the village and 46.2% in the city. It has been determined that 27.7% of unofficial marriages are consanguineous marriages. It was determined that the mean age of the children of the patients when they applied to the clinic was 4.05±3,701 months.

Conclusion: Girls who married early and gave birth before the age of 18, ıt reveals that their education period is short, their socioeconomic level is low, the age gap with their spouses is high, and their spouses' job opportunities are limited. The development of intervention programs and legal regulations aimed at preventing early marriages may contribute to the prevention of both adolescent marriages and the negative consequences of being an adolescent mother.

Acute pancreatitis is an important cause of acute abdominal pain in children and requires prompt treatment because it may become life-threatening. The incidence of acute pediatric pancreatitis is increasing. Although epidemiology of acute pancreatitis, clinical manifestations and acute pancreatitis course in children are generally different than in adults, information about etiology, management and results are obtained on the basis of adult studies. In most cases, inflammation may limit itself, but in some cases acute pancreatitis, acute recurrent pancreatitis or chronic pancreatitis may progress. It is necessary to provide optimal management in the acute period of pancreatitis in children, as this may prevent secondary conplications. In this review we summarise the epidemiology of acute pancreatitis, role of imaging and imaging findings in the diagnosis of acute pancreatitis, treatment methods and management and complications of acute pancreatitis.